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VGW(HU.769.092
24 Aug 1769:23, 31 (953)
Gleanings from the papers which came by Captain Necks.
London. . . . [1 column and 1 paragraph] We hear the new
edifice in Stratford, intended to be called Shakespeare's
hall, will be decorated in the most elegant manner before
the jubilee in September next, and that the corporation here
prevailed on Mr. Garrick to sit for his picture, which they
will put up at one end of the large room, and that Mr.
Garrick will present the town with a picture of Shakespeare
for the other end. Great preparations are making for the
oratorio in the church, the dedication of the room to the
immortal memory of Shakespeare, in which Mr. Garrick himself
will appear, and for the grand fireworks upon the river. . .
[1/2 column of unrelated news, detailed description of the
box given to Garrick, with him in character of Lear in the
storm scene]
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